It was her dragon that alerted her to the fact that there was someone else with them. Namely, the tree. Looking up and idly around, he buzzed an alarm and warning when he saw Karnage. Dirae didn’t make any outward sign that she heard, continuing to examine the chess board and mutter quietly to herself. Inwardly, however, she was cursing herself. [i]Stupid! Stupid! I knew that there was going to be a tree on guard, and I let myself think that the tree wouldn’t be on guard over here! Stupid! Okay. Okay. Calm down. We can fix this. Even trees can’t have good enough night vision to make out enough details that my mask is off. Right? Gods I hope so. Okay time to make a nice little rhyme to ensure that this screw up doesn’t end up being worse than it already is.[/i] She scoured through her memory of little spell rhymes she had learned over the years, and eventually selected a simple one. 

Under her breath, she sang: “Darkness, you who conceal friend and foe. Darkness, conceal me so no one may know.” She melted into the dark, only noticeable as a slightly darker shadow than the others. Quickly, she secured her mask to her face and destroyed the chess board with a wave of her hand, shoving the protesting voices back into her mental vault. Then she released the spell, and the shadows left her. Standing she glanced over at the tree. “I’m sorry Karnage. I didn’t see you there.” She smiled in what she hoped was friendly manner. Not that it mattered, given that her mouth and nose was covered. “I suppose you must think I’m insane, walking out into the middle of the night to play chess by myself.” She gave a shrug. “Old habits die hard.” Her heart was pounding, and she prayed her nervousness didn’t show in her voice. [i]You didn’t see. Please tell me you didn’t see. I’m just a normal Siren from Samsara. No Godspawn here. Nope. Not at all.[/i]